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Comment on When It Comes To URL Shorteners, bit.ly Is Now The Biggest by The Entire History of URL Shorteners: From TinyURL to Twitter’s t.co

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At Bletchley, Rishi Sunak confirms AI Safety Institute but delays regulations for another day

A Frontier AI taskforce established by the U.K. back in June to prepare for the AI Safety Summit held this week is on course to be a permanent fixture, as the U.K. bids to take a leadership role on AI … Continue reading

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Unredacted FTC suit shows ‘Project Nessie’ price-raising algorithm made Amazon $1.4B

The mysterious “Project Nessie,” hinted at in what little was not redacted in the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon, is indeed an algorithmic pricing scheme that raised prices where it could do so safely, generating some $1.4 billion for the company … Continue reading

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How to raise a substantial round with angel investors

There are plenty of angel investors out there who are more confident than VCs. Here are tips on raising a substantial round by focusing on angel investors. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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10 years since the term ‘unicorn’ was coined, we’ve almost come full circle

From a handful of billion-dollar startups to a stampede to an aging cohort — what an insane, fun, and wild decade it has been. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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YouTube’s new teen safeguards limit repeated viewing of some video topics and more

Two years after testifying before the U.S. Senate over child safety concerns, including teens’ exposure to eating disorder content, YouTube today announced additional product safeguards around its content recommendations aimed at teens. Specifically, the company said it would limit repeated … Continue reading

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Factory wants to use AI to automate the software dev lifecycle

Developer velocity, the speed at which an organization ships code, is often impacted by necessary but lengthy processes like code review, writing documentation and testing. Inefficiencies threaten to make theses processes even longer. According to one source, developers waste 17.3 … Continue reading

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SEC subpoenas PayPal over its USD-pegged stablecoin

Just three months after PayPal entered the fray to bring stablecoins to the masses, it’s attracting attention from U.S. regulators. The payments giant said Thursday that it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its … Continue reading

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Revolut appoints new UK CEO as British banking license is still pending

Revolut, the fintech giant based in the U.K., has appointed a new CEO for its U.K. division. Francesca Carlesi will be in charge of Revolut’s division in its home country — Nik Storonsky remains the CEO of Revolut Ltd. It’s … Continue reading

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New Facebook Stories API helps creators share directly from third-party desktop or web apps

Meta is introducing a new API that makes it easier to create and share a Facebook Story directly from a third-party desktop or web app. The social networking ad titan first introduced Stories to the main Facebook app in 2017, … Continue reading

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